tafel

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See also: Tafel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tafel, from Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tafel (plural tafels)

  1. table

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Phuthi: itafule
  • → Sotho: tafole
  • → Xhosa: itafile
  • → Zulu: itafula

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːfəl/
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  • Hyphenation: ta‧fel
  • Rhymes: -aːfəl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”). Doublet of tabel.

Noun

tafel f (plural tafels or tafelen, diminutive tafeltje n)

  1. table (item of furniture)
    Synonym: dis
  2. (metonymically) meal, spread on (a) table(s)
    Synonyms: maaltijd, maal
  3. (arithmetic) multiplication table
  4. writing tablet
    Synonym: tablet
Usage notes

The plural tafelen is only used in the sense "writing tablet".

Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tafel

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of tafelen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of tafelen

German

Verb

tafel

  1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of tafeln.
  2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of tafeln.
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